> Exchange 5.5 SP4.
> 
> Sorry to post this again.  Maybe someone new has some information.
> 
> Well the system that processes the @UC.EDU aliases for the 
> University finally took a big hit.  Its a VMS system running 
> PMDF and is run in a different department.  We've been asked 
> to look at alternative replacement systems.  The system is 
> processing about 40,000 inbound messages a day.  I really 
> like the Exchange IMC since it's menu driven and I have 
> monitors in place that can page when something happens.  Also 
> it does some validation work, such as SMTP address already 
> used and so forth.  Couple of questions.
> 
> 1) Is anyone else shoving 40,000+ inbound messages through an 
> IMC?  

An hour? Not, me. A day? Used to.

>We would have a dedicated box for this function in the 
> existing site and would only be used for inbound messages 
> destined for @UC.EDU.  It would also route messages to other 
> e-mail systems such as our student POP/Unix based messaging 
> system for those users whos alias points to an alternate system.
> 
> 2) Is there some other 3rd party product that is user 
> friendly (versus text
> updates) that might be a good replacement that anyone might 
> want to recommend?

www.mail-resources.com | web links | server | directory management

> 3) We could go with a Linux system with an SMTP mailer.  We 
> do have a administrator on staff here that runs the POP 
> system and a Linux deployment was mention.  I don't like the 
> fact that its line based and additions are not immediate and 
> require recompiling (maybe don't have that term right).

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